Colgate at Rutgers

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  Evening star, November 1, 1953, page 68

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  LaNa Leads Colgate To Win Over Rutgers NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct. 31.-Dick Lalla, a splendid passer and clever ball-handler personally conducted Colgate’s football forces to a 1918 VIC tory over Rutgers today. Lalla played all but a few minutes of the game, and when he wasn’t in action, Colgate looked like a different and much weaker team. ,.a .4 The tall passer from Cortland, N. Y, accounted for three Col gate touchdowns by his passing, making Nhe running attack click by his play-calling and ball handling, ran strongly himself and did a good defensive job at safety. ~ g. Two of his scoring passes went to Halfback Frank Nardulli and one to End Pete Popovich. He fed John Williams a pitchout for a 36-yard touchdown run that wrapped up the game in the fourth quarter. Bob Patterson galloped 81 yards with an interlcepted pass for the final Colgate score. Steve johnson made both Rutgers touchdowns. The score by periods: Rutgers --- z 6 o O--l3 Colgate scoring: Touchdowns-Nardulli t2l, Popovich. Williams. Patterson. ConverSionS-Speno (2), Nardulli. Rutgers scoring: Touchdowns-S. john son co. Conversion-Duncan.

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Rutgers leads 27–⁠15 in 42 meetings, counting the 34 since this game.